Catriona Crombie

Associate Director for Technology Transfer and Rare Disease Challenge Lead at LifeArc

Speaker

Dr Catriona Crombie is an expert in translational medicine, specifically moving research out of universities and into the commercial environment. She has worked for over 15 years in research funding in the state and charity sectors.Catriona is Head of the LifeArc Rare Disease Translational Challenge. She has responsibility for LifeArc’s rare disease research portfolio, which includes grant funding for academics to progress their research towards patient impact as well as the awards made in partnership with others e.g. Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapy funded in partnership with the MRC.